The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-13
The English Government Gives Turkey Forty
Eight Hours to Ratiy the Trasty.
Debate Resumed in ths British House Of Com
mons on the Land Bill.
TIE Conservatives Of Eugland Alarmed OVel
the Result Of the Coventry Elections.
Andrew Carnegie Explains Why mr.
Blaine was not Admitted to the
Council Chamber at Edinburg.
IN THE BRITISH HOUSE CT COMMONS
Confederation of the Egyptian Question
and the Irish Land Bill.


LONDON. July lin the Commons this
evening Right Hon. Sir James Ferguson,
Parliament Secretary to the Foreign Office,
stated that the mission of Sir Henry Drum
mond Wolff, Minister to Turkey on
special mission, with particular reference
to affairs in Egypt, would be prolonged
two DAYS.
Sir Henry Thurston Holland, Secretary
of State for the colonies, being questioned
by the Opposition, said a difficulty had
arisen between the natives Of the Methla-
kaptla and the Government OF British
Columbia. The Indians had made over
lures to the Government at Washington to
settle them in Alaska, but the Dominion
Government were advised that no encour-
sgement was given the Indians by the
United States. The Dominion, said Sir
Henry, was entirely responsible, and he
would not be justified in pressing any par.
ticular policy.
Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, in moving the second
reading of the Irish land bill, said the
Govern ment did not offer the measure as
proposing any defnate settlement of the
land question but merely an amendatory
bill; one trying to remedy injustices which
experience had shown arose under the acts
OF the parlarnent of 20 and II. 1t brought
the lease holders under the acts OF 81,
thus comprising the work OF Mr.. Glad
stone ard the proposed new clauses which
deal with the purchase of land in accord
-ance with the clauses of the land act sug-
gested by John Bright in 1870
In regard to evictons. Balfour explained
it was proposed to substitute written no.
tice for writ Of execution OF eiectnent, aud
allow the tenant by means of the bank
ruptcy act TO obtain stay of eviction,
while st the came time spreading the liza
biIity of the tenent over an indefinite per-
fnd 2fr0n0 objection ha annnOSan
awaited the bankruptcy clause, but in no
civilized country could the debtor escape
his liability by any other process than the
payment of his debts. The bill would GER
tainly stop harsh eviction in future.
By this pending measure the government
was aiming at something like final settle
ment. 1t would deal out evident applica-
ton OF the purchase clauses OF the bill,
and the clauses relating to the revision of
judicial rents. The Parnellites mi yhs re-
gard the bill with contempt (cfiss of ''hear,
hear" from the Irish members); regard it
as the smallest installment of their de-
mands, but even If IL did nothing more It
would enable parliament to side over sew
era urgent economical difficulties, and
still greater measures would be pro-
duced. Cheers Zimmerman (Liberal)
moved the bill be rejected as il
did not include any means for the revision
of judicial rents. He commended the bill
did nothing to meet the urgent evils of
Ireland. 1t might put a stop to open bru-
tally in the matter of evictiOns. 1t would
not prevent landlords from expressing and
even running tenants. What tenants most
craved was such powers for the judicial re-
vision of their rents as would enable them
to pay a fair rent based upon the extreme
fall in agricultural values. This would
stay evictioHs, prevent bankruptcy and be
good beginning for finally measure for
the settlement OF agrarian questions.